I think it’s weird that women are expected to smell like flowers and cedar at an indoor cycling class. Go ride your bike in nature if you don’t want to smell indoor nyc bodies!
Why and how did you get a new set of clothes comped? Need more on that part of the story … actually, a play by play post class at the front desk could be ideal. Please spill. (Is the tribeca soul cycle the one near Whole Foods? Also SC sucks - go to OT- everyone smells there and no one whines about it .. altho- probs you won’t get clothes comped either)
Oh goody! I love when someone actually wants to hear more about one of my silly stories. So what happened was that after the class, a really sweet person from the front desk (with all the other Soul Crewmembers busying themselves behind the front desk or averting their eyes from the retail racks so as not to further my humiliation) told me that the rider next to me had complained about my extreme body odor and that they wanted to give me this new top and bike shorts for me to wear instead of the old stuff I was wearing to help in case it was a laundry issue. I felt so bad for how embarrassed that crewmember was to tell me and did my best to talk loudly about it then and on subsequent visits so that no one would feel like they had insulted or embarrassed me. The clothes were too small.
PS The people that work behind the desk at Soulcycle NoHo are some of my favorite people ever.
A guy in my gym smelled so bad you could smell it throughout the very large space. I decided to take a casual approach and said to him "Hey buddy you kinda reek." then he answered in very poor English, not understanding what I said. I got more and more embarrassed, the longer I stood there and tried to explain it to him. Ultimately, he denied it, and I regretted my decision to approach him. However, I think telling the attendant instead would've made me feel slimy, which is probably worse.
I felt this and was like "me too, I have the funk too!".
Soul Cycle would hate me, I would have just blurtted out, "Sorry not sorry, I stink, I'm going through menopaus, part of that includes a new funk of body odor even with deoderant and perfect hygene, you can keep your workout gear"....
My hubby and I started noticing my funk a few months ago, and I couldn't figure out what the cause was. After doing some research and putting all the pieces together, I figured I was in peri-menopause. Talked to my doctor and she agreed I was showing all the symptoms. It was a relief to finally know the cause, but how did I deal with it, cause I didn't want tooffend anyone with my smell. The only thing I've found that works is prebiotic underarm toner. I thought it was a gimmick but thank the lord, something natural that works!
Wow I wish I was as evolved as you—I probably would have run out of there before the conversation even ended! Thankfully I just sweat it out on the peloton at home…I started getting the perimenopause stink last year and even my husband (who has never registered body odor coming from me) mentioned it. Now I have to immediately throw my clothes in the wash after a ride because putting them in the hamper or laundry closet subjects my family to it 😩
I think it’s weird that women are expected to smell like flowers and cedar at an indoor cycling class. Go ride your bike in nature if you don’t want to smell indoor nyc bodies!
Hahaha well, then, you can sit next to me anytime!
Why and how did you get a new set of clothes comped? Need more on that part of the story … actually, a play by play post class at the front desk could be ideal. Please spill. (Is the tribeca soul cycle the one near Whole Foods? Also SC sucks - go to OT- everyone smells there and no one whines about it .. altho- probs you won’t get clothes comped either)
Oh goody! I love when someone actually wants to hear more about one of my silly stories. So what happened was that after the class, a really sweet person from the front desk (with all the other Soul Crewmembers busying themselves behind the front desk or averting their eyes from the retail racks so as not to further my humiliation) told me that the rider next to me had complained about my extreme body odor and that they wanted to give me this new top and bike shorts for me to wear instead of the old stuff I was wearing to help in case it was a laundry issue. I felt so bad for how embarrassed that crewmember was to tell me and did my best to talk loudly about it then and on subsequent visits so that no one would feel like they had insulted or embarrassed me. The clothes were too small.
PS The people that work behind the desk at Soulcycle NoHo are some of my favorite people ever.
A guy in my gym smelled so bad you could smell it throughout the very large space. I decided to take a casual approach and said to him "Hey buddy you kinda reek." then he answered in very poor English, not understanding what I said. I got more and more embarrassed, the longer I stood there and tried to explain it to him. Ultimately, he denied it, and I regretted my decision to approach him. However, I think telling the attendant instead would've made me feel slimy, which is probably worse.
I love this story! Will you write it (or something else) for us?
Absolutely!
I felt this and was like "me too, I have the funk too!".
Soul Cycle would hate me, I would have just blurtted out, "Sorry not sorry, I stink, I'm going through menopaus, part of that includes a new funk of body odor even with deoderant and perfect hygene, you can keep your workout gear"....
My hubby and I started noticing my funk a few months ago, and I couldn't figure out what the cause was. After doing some research and putting all the pieces together, I figured I was in peri-menopause. Talked to my doctor and she agreed I was showing all the symptoms. It was a relief to finally know the cause, but how did I deal with it, cause I didn't want tooffend anyone with my smell. The only thing I've found that works is prebiotic underarm toner. I thought it was a gimmick but thank the lord, something natural that works!
Wow I wish I was as evolved as you—I probably would have run out of there before the conversation even ended! Thankfully I just sweat it out on the peloton at home…I started getting the perimenopause stink last year and even my husband (who has never registered body odor coming from me) mentioned it. Now I have to immediately throw my clothes in the wash after a ride because putting them in the hamper or laundry closet subjects my family to it 😩